Heart+and+Seoul

Rick Reilly

The article above is about a man who was left by his birth parents on the front steps of the police station in Seoul. He was adopted by a family from Vail and started skiing. He became extremely good at a very young age and is now an Olympic skier. When he started to get successful in the Olympics he started getting floods of emails and calls from people claiming to be his birth parents. He also had a brother who too was adopted from Seoul. At age 10 his brother went and visited his birth parents in his home country. At first Toby didn't care to meet his birth parents. But, as he grew older, meeting his birth parents started to intrigue him. "Toby Dawson hopes his success leads to something else--his birth parents." As a group we enjoyed the article and we were happy with our choice. It is very interesting because it shows how someone can come from no where and become a professional athlete.